by muffinstud » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:30 pm
Susan pulled the covers up to Kathy's neck and tucked her in, giving her another kiss on her forehead. "Sweet dreams, little one." She walked herself out of the room and turned out the light, sending the night light near the door to turn on to keep a tiny bit of the darkness at bay.
In the master bedroom, Richard lay under the sheets with his eyes closed. He still wasn't asleep, his breathing gave that away. He just lay there, feeling the nightgown against his skin, the silk sheets too. He frowned and squeezed his eyes tight, afraid that his own body was betraying him. In a way, it already had. When he had gone to the bathroom just before, he found that he couldn't stand up to relieve himself, he just didn't have the control any longer. A tear poked out of his tightly closed eyes as he hugged the devilishly soft sheets around him.
"Well, you'll have plenty of time to live in a van down by the river, when you're living...in a van down by the river!" --Matt Foley, motivational speaker